List of Welsh Assembly by-elections

Where seats changed political party at the by-election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, green for a Plaid Cymru (PC) gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal Democrat, and grey for any other gain.

Assembly 1999-2003

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained at 2003 election
Swansea East	September 27, 2001	Val Feld		Labour	Valerie Lloyd		Labour	Death (cancer)	Yes

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained at 2007 election
Blaenau Gwent	June 29, 2006	Peter Law		Labour/Independent	Trish Law		Independent	Death (brain tumour)	Yes

Peter Law left the Labour Party and sat as an independent prior to his death. The by-election was won by his widow.

No by-elections were held.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained at 2016 election
Ynys Môn	August 1, 2013	Ieuan Wyn Jones		Plaid Cymru	Rhun ap Iorwerth		Plaid Cymru	Resignation to lead the Menai Science Park	Yes

By-elections in the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom	1801–06 1806–18 1818–32 1832–47 1847–57 1857–68 1868–85 1885–1900 1900–18 1918–31 1931–50 1950–79 1979–2010 2010– Hereditary peers

Parliament of Great Britain	1707–15 1715–34 1734–54 1754–74 1774–90 1790–1800

Parliament of England	1689–1700 1701–07

Other	Scottish Parliament National Assembly for Wales European Parliament House of Commons of Northern Ireland

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